These are the thoughts and observations of me — a woman of a certain age. (Oh, my, God, I'm 60!) I'm single. I'm successful enough (independent, self supporting). I live in the burbs and work in the city (Chicago, the best city in the world). I'm an aunt, a friend and a colleague. I feel that voices like mine are rather underrepresented online or in print. So here I am. If my musings resonate with you, please visit my blog again sometime.

Monday, January 05, 2009

The Travolta Tragedy

I'm sure John Travolta and Kelly Preston loved their boy. It must have been horrible to lose their child, and I don't imagine that being in a foreign land over the holidays made any of it any easier. But ...

IF I HEAR ONE MORE PERSON SAY HOW AWFUL IT IS TO LOSE "THEIR ONLY SON," I WILL SCREAM!

What does that mean, anyway? Would it be less painful for them to get over the death of their daughter? Or that if you have two sons, one of them is disposable?

4 comments:

People say the dumbest things about tragity. No parent should ever have to go through the loss of a child. It is devistating to even imagine, and I will hug Ringo and cry for them, because, I cannot hug Mo.

I just wish that the media would allow all families to grieve privately. When did Entertainment tonight and other entertainment shows start thinking that we wanted needed to know all about celebrities? Of course the Travoltas' feel terrible, why use that as a teaser?I think you pay more attention to the words used by others given the job that you do. Too bad others didn't.